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Skype Software S.A. 15 rue Notre Dame 2240 Luxembourg, Luxembourg https://www.skype.com
Contact Mr Benjamin Egger +49 89 99837089
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Privacy vulnerability in Skype for Android fixed

(PresseBox) (Luxembourg, )
After a period of developing and testing we have released a new version of the Skype for Android application onto the Android Market, containing a fix to the vulnerability reported to us. Please update to this version as soon as possible in order to help protect your information.

We have had no reported examples of any 3rd party malicious application misusing information from the Skype directory on Android devices and will continue to monitor closely. Please rest assured that we do take your privacy and security very seriously and we sincerely apologise for any concern this issue may have caused.

Please ensure that you download Skype only from skype.com, or from the Android Market links on skype.com.
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